Illustration: At a neighborhood summer gathering, a volunteer works a tabletop shaved-ice machine with a large exposed hand crank. One hand grips the crank while the other steadies the machine, and fine ice falls from the rotating blade into a waiting bowl.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

手しゅ動どう

shudou

manual, operated by hand

Example sentences

  1. コンピューターのキーボードの操作そうさは、手動しゅどうタイプライターほど努力どりょくを要ようしない。

    The operation of a computer keyboard requires less effort than that of a manual typewriter.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 無線むせんLANの設定せっていを手動しゅどうで行おこなう

    set up wireless LAN manually

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 停電中ていでんちゅうはこのドアを手動しゅどうで開あけてください。

    During a power outage, please open this door by hand.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 手動

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
  • 動move; motionOnドウKunうごく・うごかす

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